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DOT Secretary LaHood names aviation future panel

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has named the 19 members of the new Future of Aviation Advisory Committee, headed by DOT official Susan Kurland.

In the DOT announcement, the department says the panel is “to provide information, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary on ensuring the competitiveness of the U.S. aviation industry and its capability to address the evolving transportation needs, challenges and opportunities of the U.S. and global economy.”

“Aviation is essential to our nation’s economy and our ability to compete in international commerce,” LaHood said. “This committee, which represents a broad cross-section of the aviation community, will begin the important conversation about how to ensure the industry remains vital and competitive.”

The committee is to meet at least four times over the next year before presenting findings to the secretary.

He listed five goals to be addressed:

* Ensuring aviation safety

* Ensuring a world-class aviation workforce

* Balancing the industry’s competitiveness and viability

* Securing stable funding for aviation systems

* Addressing environmental challenges and solutions

Below, we’ve printed the committee members. I don’t see any crossover from the 1993 U.S. panel appointed to find ways to save the ailing U.S. airline industry, although Cessna executives were on both panels.

Name

Position

Organization

Susan Kurland

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs

U.S. Department of Transportation

Juan J. Alonso

Associate professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Stanford University

Susan M. Baer

Director, Aviation Department

Port Authority of NY/NJ

David Barger

President and CEO

JetBlue Airways

Bryan K. Bedford

Chairman, president and CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Republic Airways

Severin Borenstein

Professor, HAAS School of Business

University of California, Berkeley

Thella F. Bowens

President and CEO

San Diego County Regional Airport Authority

John M. Conley

International administrative vice president and Air Transport Division director

Transport Workers Union

Cynthia M. Egnotovich

Segment president, nacelles and interior systems

Goodrich

Patricia A. Friend

International president

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO

Robert L. Lekites

President

UPS Airlines

Ana McAhron-Schulz

Director of economic and financial analysis

Air Line Pilots Association

William J. McGee

Consultant

Consumers Union

Daniel McKenzie

U.S. airlines research analyst

Hudson Securities

Jack J. Pelton

Chairman, president and CEO

Cessna Aircraft

Nicole W. Piasecki

Vice president, business development

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Raul Regalado

President and CEO

Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority

Glenn F. Tilton

Chairman, president and CEO

UAL

Christopher J. Williams

Chairman and CEO

Williams Capital Group.

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